Here's how easy it is to get started coding with the BBC's micro:bit computer

The BBC micro:bitBBCIt has taken a long time for the BBC micro:bit to finally reach students in the UK. The device was first announced in 2015, but it has gone through a series of delays that kept pushing its release date back.

The BBC looked at the success of devices like the Raspberry Pi, a low-cost computer that can be used for lots of different projects, and decided to team up with British chipmaker ARM to create a spiritual successor to the BBC Micro devices from the 1980s.

We tried out a review unit to see what it's like to learn to code with a BBC micro:bit.

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The micro:bit arrives in a cardboard box like this.

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Here's what I got inside the box for the journalist micro:bit: The device itself, some cables, a speaker, batteries, a headphone cable, a USB stick, and a USB cable. There are also some booklets explaining what to do.

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Plug the micro:bit into your computer and it will point you to this site. This is where you can learn about the device and code programs for it.